INDEPENDENCE - Marion 138-pounder Colin Conway placed fourth Saturday at the Wamac Conference wrestling meet.

Conway beat Cole Fritz of Solon in the quarterfinals by decision, 11-8. He lost in the semifinals and third place match.

Conway scored 13 of Marion's 28 points. The Indians finished 13th out of 15 teams. Independence and West Delaware tied for first with 218.5 points apiece.

Trey Clifton was seventh at 126, and Caleb Conway and Dalton Gardner were eighth at 132 and 195, respectively, for Marion.

WAMAC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

Team scores
1. (tie) Independence, West Delaware 218.5, 3. Western Dubuque 189, 4. Williamsburg 176.5, 5. DeWitt Central 143.5, 6. Solon 133.5, 7. Mount Vernon 119, 8, Benton 107.5, 9. Beckman 87.5, 10. Center Point-Urbana 83, 11. Vinton-Shellsburg 44, 12. Maquoketa 35, 13. Marion 28, 14. Anamosa 27, 15. Clear Creek-Amana 11.5

Championship bouts
106 - Collin Koerperich (Western Dubuque) dec. Jake Durgin (Mount Vernon), 8-4
113 - Brock Rathbun (Center Point-Urbana) dec. Patrick Woods (West Delaware), 8-3
120 - Louis Gnida (Solon) dec. Keaton Sherwood (Benton), 5-0
126 - Sam Phillips (West Delaware) pinned Dylan Beaver (Benton), 2:50
132 - Austin Hosch (Western Dubuque) dec. Walker Wegener (DeWitt), 8-3
138 - Cody Naber (Beckman) dec. Beau Vaske (West Delaware), 5-3 (SV-1)
145 - Chase Straw (Independence) pinned Aaron Schultz (Williamsburg), 1:07
152 - Dylan Gansen (Western Dubuque) dec. Mason Cousins (DeWitt), 8-4
160 - Jake Voss (West Delaware) pinned Vic Malloy (Williamsburg), 2:24
170 - Brent Lammers (West Delaware) won by injury default Max Lyon (Western Dubuque)
182 - Kyle Fank (Independence) pinned Mitchell Spenler (Williamsburg), 3:41
195 - Matt McMillan (Independence) dec. Bryce Hoerner (Western Dubuque), 10-3
220 - Lance Evans (Solon) pinned Brennan Koerperich (Western Dubuque), 3:22
285 - Quintin Taylor (Benton) dec. Richard Heveron (West Delaware), 7-1

Marion Placewinners
(Top 8)

126 - Trey Clifton (7th)
132 - Caleb Conway (8th)
138 - Colin Conway (4th)
195 - Dalton Gardner (8th)